Dalmatian Italians are the historical Italian national minority living in the region of Dalmatia, now part of Croatia and Montenegro.
Overview of Zara (now Zadar in Croatian Dalmatia), where Dalmatian Italians are about 0.13% of the population. In 1921, the Dalmatian Italians were 70% of the city's population.
Palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian, Split
1807: Dalmatia inside the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy
The Land Gate in Zara (today Zadar).
The Istrian–Dalmatian exodus was the post–World War II exodus and departure of local ethnic Italians as well as ethnic Slovenes and Croats from Yugoslavia. The emigrants, who had lived in the now Yugo
Dalmatian Italians
…chose voluntary exile. After the Capitulation of Italy in World War II and until 1960, the number of Dalmatian Italians decreased as a result of the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus. Nowadays, some 500–2,000 people in Dalmatia (0.05%–0.2%) identify as Italians. Throughout history Dalmatian Italians exerted a significant influence…
Bombing of Zadar in World War II by the Allies (1944): from these events began the exodus of the Dalmatian Italians from the city.
The foiba di Basovizza, near Trieste